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B. BARRAGLOUGH. TWILLED WOVEN FABRIC.

Patented Aug. 27, 1889.

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B. BARRAOLOUGH.

TWILLED WOVEN PABBIG.

No. 409,767. Patented Aug. 27, 1889.

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UNITED STATES PATENT I FFICEO BENJAMIN BARRACLOUGH, OF BRADFORD, ENGLAND.

TWl LLED WOVEN FABRIC.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 409,767, dated August 27, 1889.

Application filed November 22, 1887. Serial No. 255,924. (No model.) Pateiited in England October 22, 1887, No. 14,370.

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, BENJAMIN BAHRA- CLOUGH, a subject of the Queen of England, and residing at Bradford, England, have invented certain Improvements in Twilled Voven Fabrics, (for which I have obtained a patent in Great Britain, No. "14,370, dated October 22, 1887,) of which the following is a specification.

This invention provides a fabric of stouter handle and fuller appearance than is usual with a cashmere fabric, and makes it in these respects more nearly resemble a merino.

The invention consists in employing eleven shafts of healds so relatively arranged and operated that the threads of warp and weft are interwoven in the manner hereinafter described, and shown in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a diagram illustrating by horizontal and vertical lines the spaces between the weft and warp threads, respectively, the blank spots indicating where the weft-thread s pass or float over the warp-threads, and the dark spots where the warp-threads pass or float over the weft. Fig. 2 is a diagram of the interlaced threads, showing the latter greatly increased in size; and Fig. 3 is a section of the same, showing the manner in which each of the weft and warp threads is interlaced.

The drawings illustrate eleven of the weftthreads, (designated by the numerals 1 to 11, inclusive,) and a like number of warp-threads. (Indicated by the letters a to is, inclusive.) I11 the first pick the weft I passes or floats over warp-threads a I), under 0, over d 6, under f, over 9 72 and under 2', j, and k. In the second pick the weft 2 passes under warpthread a, over I) 0, under (Z, over 6 f, under g h '2', and over j 7c. In the third pick the weft 3 passes over warp-thread a, under I), over 0 (I, under 6 f g, over It 'i, underj, and over 7a. In the fourth pick the weft-thread passes over warps a I), under 0 (Z 6, over f g, under 71., over i j, and under It. In the fifth pick the weft-thread passes under warpthreads a b 0, over (Z 6, under f, over g h, under 1', and over 7 7.. In the sixth pick the weft-thread passes under warp a, over I) c, under (I, over 6 f, under g, over It 2', and under j 70. In the seventh pick the weft passes over warp a, under I), over 0 (7, under 6, over f g, under h t' j, and over 7;. In the eighth pick the weft-thread passes over warps a I), under 0, over (Z a, under f g It, over 2'3, and under 71:. In the ninth pick the weft thread passes under warp a, over I) 0, under d e f, over g h, under i, and over j 7.". In the tenth pick the weft-thread passes over warp a, under Z) 0 cl, over cf, under g, over It "5, under j, and over 7.2. In the eleventh pick the weftthread passes under warps a b, over 0 (1, under 0, over f g, under 72, over i j, and under 7t.

From the foregoing itwill be seen that the improved fabric consists of a series of parallel warps and a series of parallel wefts in which each weft-threadfor instance I-is floated over a plurality of warp-threads, as a b, then under a less number, as c, then over a plurality of the warp, as d c, and so on, alternately for a number of times, and then under a greater number of warp-threads t 3' 7c, and repeat again, and each succeeding weftthread is then thrown to the surface in ad vance of the preceding one, and so on, as in a twilled fabric. In other words, each of the weft-threads is floated over the warps in pairs, and between said pairs below one of the warps for a number of times, and then at regular intervals below a greater number of warps. The effect of this manner of interlacing the weft and warp threads is to bring to the surface a greater proportion of the weft-threads which form a number of fine diagonal ribs across the fabric, imparting thereto a broken wavy appearance, so that the fabric is closer, and when the felt appears to have a greater body than is usual with a like number of interlaced threads. By the use of the terms cashmere and merino herein, such fabrics are meant and referred to as are so called by those skilled in the art.

What I claim is- The combination, in a twilled fabric, of a series of parallel warps and a series of parallel Wefts, each of the latter being floated my hand in the presence of two subscribingover the warps in pairs and between said Witnesses. pairs below one of the warps for a number T T j T of times, and then at regular intervals below BELJAMIB bARRACLOL a greater number of warps, substantially as lVit-nesses: described. DAVID NoWELL,

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set GEORGE HENRY DAY. 

